I don't care if you are on a unicycle, as long as you're not using a motor to get places you get props from me. We're here to support each other. Share ideas, and motivate one another to actually keep doing it.

I live in a state where the Blue and Red US Senators travel together across our state to Town Hall meetings. In '04 and '06 each declined to endorse their party's nominee. I've voted for each of them. Primary is on May 20th. I know how I'm voting. I think I know how my vote will be in November.

I apologize, I voted before I realized it wasn't about my favorite color. Then I realized I was in a Red State. Then I realized I was a liberal. Then I realized I was only 34. Also, I've been drinking. I'm sorry.

Given the modern political landscape........................does it really matter. Politicians by their very nature have such little regard for you and I that our input (ther than money) is meaningless. Very few folks talk about how happy they are about "their" politicians choices...............instead all we hear is how bad "the other side" is. This strikes me as a PP way to run a country.

Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.

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Given the modern political landscape........................does it really matter. Politicians by their very nature have such little regard for you and I that our input (ther than money) is meaningless. Very few folks talk about how happy they are about "their" politicians choices...............instead all we hear is how bad "the other side" is. This strikes me as a PP way to run a country.

My least favorite thing is the endless polls at election time regarding various issues. They won't tell you who's sponsoring the poll so I refuse to participate.

The only reason they're asking is so the candidates will know what we want to hear. I don't want a politician who will parrot back what I want to hear, I want to hear what the candidate's personal ideas and ethics are.

A couple of quick examples:

McCain has frequently spoken out regarding the use of torture by the United States. When he got the chance to actually vote on the topic, however, he went the other way. I'd like to know why but it has definitely turned me off because I wonder if he has any personal ethics.

The gas tax holiday is another thing. Everybody would like to pay less for gasoline so it's a popular issue. 18 cents a gallon ($2.70 on a $60.00 fill up), however, isn't enough to make a difference - especially when that money is going to come out of an already underfunded highway trust fund. I think that Obama's right - it"s a popular issue, but it's just an election year gimmic.

I think riding bikes can't help but make you a bit green. I love to get away from internal combustion engines and enjoy the fresh air, the wildflowers, etc, etc. I believe that if more people rode bikes the world would be a better place.

My bike, however, is a staunch Republican, so certain allowances must be made.....

I did the poll to see where I fell in with the rest of you, but like Retro Grouch said, too many politicians use the results to tell us what we want to hear. No matter what color we like to say we are I think our bikes say it the most. We ride very expensive bikes from large corporations , made by cheap foreign labor (with no health or welfare benefits), and sold to us by salesman working at near poverty wages.